Engineers

The engineers were manning and running the technical systems on board.That included main motors, generator, batteries, diesel engines, HP air equipment, fans, air purification, sanitary system, breathing apparatuses, bilging and tanks etc.

One important mission was to look after the batteries and this
responsibility fell on the first engineer. The battery was
treated like a baby as it required the same attention.The submarine performance was highly dependent of its battery status.

Many machinery solutions were genially simple and had their roots in the
early century submarine technology

A frequent operation on the diesel engine was hauling of its pistons. In
such a case the piston had to be lifted out for cleaning and
checking of the piston rings.

The submarine had three engineers and 6 motor men. They represented a
broad spectrum of experience. The motor men had ship numbers
16, 21, 32, 33, 35 and 36 and some variation in ranks.